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Breast Cancer
Use of sentinel node biopsy for breast cancer staging validated
January 26th, 2006
Researchers validated the use of sentinel node biopsy for staging in breast cancer. According to recent research from Sweden, "The aim of this study was to validate sentinel node biopsy for axillary staging after the initial learning phase, and to analyze factors associated with false-negative biopsies. Some 675 patients, who had standard sentinel node biopsy followed by level I and II axillary clearance in 1 of 20 hospitals in Sweden and were operated on by 36 different surgeons, were recruited prospectively. The overall detection rate was 94.5%." "It varied between surgeons but was not influenced by the number of operations per surgeon. Moreover,...
Source: Women's Health Weekly (2006-01-26)
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